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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

January 14, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

South Korean review of Synopsys-Ansys nears conclusion, remedies expected

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Intellectual Property, Technology

January 14, 2025 | Emma Whitford

North America

News outlets say facts will carry US copyright cases against OpenAI, Microsoft

Data Privacy and Security

January 14, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Meta's new fact-checking policy won’t immediately apply in Brazil, company says

Antitrust View More

Apple, Amazon-targeted UK mass claim refused certification by CAT

January 15, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A mass claim in the UK targeting Apple and Amazon has been refused certification by the UK competition court. The lawsuit, filed by class representative Christine Riefa, claims that Amazon collud... (more story)

Samsung exits as third-party intervenor in Broadcom's South Korea antitrust appeal

January 15, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

Samsung Electronics has withdrawn its participation as a third-party intervenor in Broadcom’s appeal challenging the South Korean antitrust fine imposed by the country’s competition regulator. Samsung’s decisi... (more story)

Slovenian car dealers fined more than EUR1 million in cartel settlement

January 15, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Several car dealers in Slovenia have been fined a total of more than 1 million euros by the national competition authority, for breaching cartel rules. The watchdog accepted settlement submission... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Samsung seeks regulatory review in South Korea for Rainbow Robotics merger

January 14, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Asia

Samsung Electronics has filed for a merger review with the South Korean competition regulator following its move to become the largest shareholder in Rainbow Robotics, marking a significant step in the tech gi... (more story)

South Korea AI law to take effect in January 2026; work starts on follow-up legislation

January 14, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s science ministry said six task-force teams will be formed and start work as early as today on follow-up legislation for the AI law, which was approved at a cabinet meeting yesterday... (more story)

US laws should clarify algorithmic collusion, NAAG antitrust task force chief says

January 14, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

North America

State and federal legislation that defines and clarifies types of conduct involving algorithmic pricing tools as potentially anticompetitive would be a "good idea," the chair of the Multistate Antitrust Task F... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Anfarmag’s request to participate in SM-Purifarma review approved by Brazil’s CADE

January 14, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

An association of compounding pharmacies raised concerns about the deal’s impact on competition in the pharmaceutical sector. Brazil’s watchdog said that Anfarmag’s request is legitimate and that it must parti... (more story)

KKR sues DOJ's Mekki, DOJ, FTC over 'politically-motivated enforcement'

January 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: KKR countered a US Justice Department suit by suing Acting Attorney General Doha Mekki, the DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission, alleging their enforcement action is politically motivated. "The ... (more story)

US judge in HSR lawsuit has been skeptical of regulatory authority

January 14, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

The federal judge overseeing the legal challenge to the Federal Trade Commission’s expanded premerger forms has issued multiple decisions against government agencies similarly accused of overreach.

Data Privacy and Security View More

China unveils implementation plan to strengthen data security, marketization

January 14, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: China has introduced an implementation plan to enhance data-circulation security and promote the marketization and valorization of data assets. Led by the National Development and Reform Commissi... (more story)

Solara Medical Supplies, maker of glucose monitors, pays $3 million US HIPAA settlement

January 14, 2025

North America

Solara Medial Supplies, a maker of glucose monitors and insulin pumps, will pay $3 million to settle allegations by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights that the company fail... (more story)

US judge narrows PayPal users' privacy lawsuit against Yodlee over data harvesting

January 14, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

A US federal judge ruled that a group of PayPal users can proceed with a California invasion of privacy claim against data aggregator Yodlee, but only with respect to the storage of their credentialing information.

Intellectual Property View More

UPC Court of Appeal revokes order on security for costs in Total-TI case

January 15, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The UPC Court of Appeal revoked the Mannheim Local Division's order concerning a 600,000-euro security for costs in a patent dispute between Total Semiconductor and Texas Instruments regarding Eu... (more story)

Japanese fashion institute secures victory in work-for-hire copyright dispute

January 15, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

A Japanese fashion institute won a work-for-hire copyright battle brought on by a former lecturer who claimed authorship of a textbook. Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court ruled that the textbook was crea... (more story)

Japan, China, South Korea's patent-correction protocols highlighted in comparative report

January 15, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: A comparison of Japan, China and South Korea's patent amendment procedures has been published, according to the Japan Patent Office. The report focuses on the requirements for corrections, or ame... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Advisory firm Navy Capital Green Management charged over US money-laundering compliance

January 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary:  Investment adviser Navy Capital Green Management agreed to pay a $150,000 fine to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission charges that the firm made misrepresentations related to its anti-m... (more story)

US CFPB sues Capital One for allegedly cheating consumers out of proper interest payments

January 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sued Capital One for freezing savings account interest rates at low levels while promising that its flagship ‘360 Savings’ account provided one of ... (more story)

US lawmakers propose corruption ranking system

January 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Four US lawmakers re-introduced the Combating Global Corruption Act, bipartisan legislation that would raise the profile of efforts to fight international corruption by evaluating and publicly na... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU funds' costs reduced and performance improved in 2023, ESMA says

January 15, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The costs associated with EU funds continued to decline in 2023, according to the latest market report on the costs and performance of EU retail investment products published by the European Secu... (more story)

Exiting US FDIC Chair Gruenberg voices concern about non-bank financial institutions

January 14, 2025

North America

MLex summary: US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chair Martin Gruenberg expressed concern about the potential risks to financial stability posed by non-bank financial institutions such as hedge funds, private ... (more story)

US OCC fines three ex-Wells Fargo execs $18.5 million for 'unsafe or unsound' practices

January 14, 2025

North America

MLex summary: The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency fined three former Wells Fargo executives a total of $18.5 million for "unsafe or unsound banking practices related to the bank's systemic and wid... (more story)

Trade View More

Seven US companies added to China's unreliable entity list over Taiwan arm sales

January 14, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Seven US companies, including Inter-Coastal Electronics, Axient, and IronMountain Solutions, have been included in China's unreliable entity list because of their arms sales to Taiwan, according ... (more story)

US, Japan, South Korea issue warning about North Korean cryptocurrency threats

January 14, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: In a joint statement, the United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea provided a new warning to the blockchain technology industry regarding the ongoing targeting and compromise of a range of ... (more story)

US Commerce initiates duty investigations into Chinese active anode material

January 14, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department initiated antidumping and antisubsidy duty investigations into active anode material, a component of lithium-ion batteries, imported from China.

State Aid View More

Ryanair’s appeals of re-approved Italian Covid aid published by EU court

January 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU General Court today released summaries of appeals by Ryanair against an earlier decision to readopt Italian support to airlines to compensate them for damages triggered by the Covid pandem... (more story)

Italgas files 2i Rete Gas deal for EU foreign subsidy approval

January 10, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

Italian gas distributor Italgas has sought EU foreign subsidy clearance to buy its smaller rival 2i Rete Gas. The European Commission has set a Feb. 13 deadline to decide on the deal.

Rectify FSR measures against Chinese companies, its industry lobby urges EU

January 09, 2025

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: China’s Chamber of Commerce to the EU has called on the bloc to “promptly rectify its improper measures under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.” The statement followed an announcement in which Mo... (more story)

Energy View More

South Korea announces comprehensive plan to revitalize EV, battery industries

January 14, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea has announced a comprehensive plan to boost its eco-friendly vehicle and secondary battery industries amid slowing market growth and global uncertainties. The government will provide ... (more story)

US FTC Republicans say statement on labor antitrust exemption 'senseless'

January 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Republican US Federal Trade Commissioners Andrew Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak issued a joint dissent on the agency's enforcement policy statement on exemptions for protected labor activity by wor... (more story)

Independent contractors’ organizing activities shielded from antitrust liability, US FTC says

January 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission issued a policy statement clarifying that independent contractors, including gig workers, are shielded from antitrust liability when engaging in protected bargaini... (more story)

Technology View More

Kakao Mobility affiliate's 20 percent blanket commission draws fine in South Korea

January 14, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: DGT Mobility, a KakaoT taxi franchise operator, has been hit with a fine of 228 million won (about $156,000) and issued corrective orders by the country's competition watchdog for unfairly collec... (more story)

Biden signs executive order aimed at powering AI data centers

January 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order providing federal support to address energy needs for advanced artificial intelligence data centers, the White House announced. The order dire... (more story)

US lawmaker reintroduces One Agency Act to consolidate antitrust enforcement in DOJ

January 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Representative Ben Cline has reintroduced the One Agency Act, which would consolidate federal antitrust enforcement within the Department of Justice's antitrust division. The Federal Trade Com... (more story)